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The railroad's impact on Knoxville's development was swift. The city's population more than doubled from just over 2,000 in 1850 to over 4,000 in 1860. [6] After the war, the city's wholesaling sector expanded rapidly. By the early 1870s, the Knoxville wholesaling firm, Cowan, McClung and Company, was Tennessee's most profitable company. [7]
Coal Creek and New River Railroad: Knoxville, La Follette and Jellico Railroad: L&N: 1902 1904 Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Knoxville and Ohio Railroad: SOU: 1871 1903 Southern Railway: Knoxville, Sevierville and Eastern Railway: 1907 1921 Knoxville and Carolina Railroad: Knoxville Southern Railroad: L&N: 1887 1890 Marietta and North ...
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The 629 overlay for the entire area code was made effective in 2015; 731 - Jackson, Dyersburg, Union City : Initially split from 901 in 2001. 865 - Knoxville: Initially split from 423 in 1999. 901 - Memphis: An original NANPA area code, initially covering the entire state in 1947.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad (ETV&G) was a rail transport system that operated in the southeastern United States during the late 19th century. Created with the consolidation of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad and the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad in 1869, the ETV&G played an important role in connecting East Tennessee and other isolated parts of Southern ...
The Tennessee Central Railway was founded in 1884 as the Nashville and Knoxville Railroad by Alexander S. Crawford. It was an attempt to open up a rail route from the coal and minerals of East Tennessee to the markets of the midstate, a service which many businessmen felt was not being adequately provided by the existing railroad companies.
The East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company was incorporated under special act of Tennessee on February 19, 1836 as the Hiwassee Rail Road Company. [1]The company built 81.23 miles (130.73 km) of 5 ft (1,524 mm) [2] gauge railroad line between Dalton, Georgia and Loudon, Tennessee in 1852, 28.7 miles (46.2 km) of railroad line between Loudon, Tennessee and Knoxville, Tennessee in 1855 and ...
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad EMD SD45 No. 2024 - currently lettered as Clinchfield Railroad 3632 [4] Southern 6913 EMD E8; Wabash B905 ALCO C-424; U.S.A.E.C. 5310 1951 ALCO RS-1; U.S. Army 7100 1943 ALCO S-2; U.S. Army 7125 1943 ALCO S-2; L&N 1315 ALCO C-420; Georgia Central 3965 GE U23B; Southern Railway 2561 EMD GP30